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A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post on my process for coming up with characters (why they are that animal, where the name came from, references to other pop culture stuff) I thought it would be fun to open up my old notes and share some of the behind the scenes info. Warning:Continue reading “Character Names Part 1”

I recently downloaded an app called “Today Is…” that tells users the National _______ Day for each day. When I downloaded it, my hope was it would inspire some things to write about for the blog, let me know when the penguin-themed holidays are and maybe lead to some Google searches that would then leadContinue reading “National Friendship Day”

Last Christmas, my parents gifted our family a trip to Hawaii. This past week we went on the trip. We stayed on the island of Maui and had a really great time. Since I started writing this blog, I try to look for things to write about and take lessons from any experience. Today’s postContinue reading “Hawaii”

Hello friends! I’m on vacation this week, so no blog post. However, last week I was able to be a guest on the Community Connection with one of my favorite people, Laura Williams. You can listen with the link below! Have a great week! https://omny.fm/shows/community-connection-vermilion-county/the-community-connection-june-29th-rob-witzel

My absolute favorite part of being an author is creating the characters that exist in my world and coming up with their names. When I create the characters, A LOT of thought goes into it. For this week’s post, I thought it would be fun to give you an idea of how my brain worksContinue reading “Creating the Characters”

When talking about Super Penguin, I’m frequently asked, “How do you come up with this stuff?” or “Where do these ideas come from?” My responses are usually “I don’t know, I just do,” and ” I don’t know where they come from, they just kinda appear.” Those responses may seem like copouts but they areContinue reading “My First Friend, Nick, and the Importance of Play”

Last week, Super Penguin made its first convention appearance at Indy PopCon. While we were there, I had the pleasure of meeting actor, J. Lee. J is best known for his role as Chief Commander John LaMarr on the Hulu sci-fi comedy, The Orville, which previously aired on Fox. My wife, Halley, and I areContinue reading “Meeting J. Lee at Indy PopCon”

I’ve been really working on being more of a “half glass full” kind of guy. Today I feel like I was tested on this, and I feel like I passed. I sold 3 books today for day one of Indy Pop Con. Three! A glass half empty guy, would tell you I lost today. ButContinue reading “Perspective”

This week, I was struggling to come up with a subject for my “Life Lessons” series. I sat at my desk, thinking and thinking and then I looked up. Above my desk is an 11×14 poster with one of my favorite quotes. It reads, ” ‘You’re only given one little spark of madness. You mustn’tContinue reading “Life Lessons from Robin Williams”